CHATEAUROUX, FRANCE: Chinese sharpshooter Xie Yu clinched gold in the men’s 10m air pistol event here at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Olympic debutant, who was ranked sixth after the qualification round, surged from behind in the final to finish with 240.9 points, 0.9 points ahead of Italy’s Federico Nilo Maldini.
Maldini’s compatriot Paolo Monna grabbed the bronze with 218.6 points.
This is the second gold won by China in shooting events and third overall at the Paris Olympics, after Chinese teenage duo Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the Games’ first gold medal with victory in the 10m air rifle mixed team event on Saturday.
